Railway car side wall



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Patented Aug. 6, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAILWAY CAR. SIDE WALL Application December 14, 1933, Serial No. '702,315

7 Claims. (Cl. 10S-409) The construction relates to railway cars, particularly the open top oar, that is, hopper or gondola cars wherein the side Walls form trusses or girders to carry a part of the load to the body holsters,

The object of the invention is to provide a side wall which'not only performs the function of i a girder, but is so arranged to obtain approximately the maximum cubical capacity of the car Within a given width and height thereof, and a furthe-l object is to provide a postor strut between the top .and bottom chords of the girder, which strut is provided by a new and novel arrangement and formation of the side wall sheets or web members of the girder in combination with a rela tive light weight, preferably rolled steel, bar.

Such Walls must be very light, as it is expensive t walls o transport dead weight in acar and such must be very strong Ias girders to carry the semblage because replacements frequently are necessary on account of wearing out of the parts, corrosion and wrecks.

An light object of the invention is to provide a very and strong car wall which can be quickly and economicallymade, installed and repaired. Another object of the invention is to provide a all so that the component parts thereof. may

In Fis the drawings: s. 1, 2 and 3 show a typical application of my improved car wall to a railway hopper car.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged portion of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 'I-1 of Fig. 4.

Fig Fig Fig 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 4. 9 is a detail of one wall plate. 10 is a section on line III-I0 of Fig. 9.

The drawings show the side wall of a railway hopper oar which is a girder to carry the weight of part of the lading to the bolsters of the car and comprises upper chord or frame member 2; lower chord or frame member 3; web plate 4; and stiffeners 5. The wall plate has marginal portions 8 preferably in substantially the same plane which are secured to the upper (2) and lower (3) frame members, respectively. The Wall plate also has a central portion IB extending 10 between the spaced apart stifieners or posts 5in a plane spaced apart from the plane of the marginal portions 8 and provided with inwardly projecting flanges I2 which are secured to the posts or stiffeners 5. The plate is also provided with sloping portions I4 extending from the central portion I0 and merging into the marginal portions 8 adjacent the frame members, respectively. I

The plate is also preferably provided with tri- 2o.

angular gusset portions I6 at each corner thereof which are preferably in substantially the plane of the marginal portions 8 and which are secured to the adjacent posts 5, respectively, by the rivets I8.

In the preferred form each post comprises base flanges 2B and a stem 22 extending away from the interior of the car. (See Figs. 6, 7 and 8.)

This section is known as a T-b-ar and the inwardly projecting flanges I2 of the central por- 30` tion of the Wall plate are secured to the stems 22 of the spaced apart stiffeners 5 and also the guss-et portions I5 of the wall plate are secured.

to the base flanges 2Q. In this construction the wall plate and the posts combine to form a very strong column or strut between the spaced apart framing members or chords. This construction also provides a very strong vertically disposed beam to resist the horizontal thrust imposed thereon by a plastic lading or a shifting lading as the wall plates form the tension members of the beam and the flanges of the post form the compression members of the beam, and, furthermore, the component parts cooperate to prevent the beam from buckling sidewise thereby increasing its strength. A

I prefer to provide sloping portions I4 between the central portion I0 and the marginal portions 8, so that the car will discharge its lading when turned upside down in an unloading tipple.

It will be noted that the wall plate is so formed that it can easily be made between dies on a reciprocating press.

The accompanying drawings illustrate t-he preferred form of the invention, though it is to be 55 understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modiiications thereof, within the scope of the claims, will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

l. A wall for a railway car comprising an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal fram-e member, spaced apart posts extending between and secured to said frame members, and a wall plate having marginal portions secured to said frame members, respectively, and a central portion in a plane spaced apart from said inarginal portions provided with inwardly projecting flanges substantially normal to the central portion secured directly to said posts, respectively.

2. A wall for a railway car comprising an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizonn tal frame member, spaced apart posts extending between and secured to said frame members, and a wall plate having marginal portions` secured to said frame members, respectively, and a central portion in a plane spaced apart from said marginal portions provided with inwardly projecting flanges substantially normal to the central portion secured directly to said posts, respectively, said plate provided with sloping portions extending irom the central portion and merging into the marginal portions adjacent the frame members.

3. A wall for a railway car comprising an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal frame member, spaced apart posts extending between and secured to said frame members, and

.- a wall plate having marginal portions secured to said frame members, respectively, and a central portion in a plane spaced apart from said marginal portions provided with inwardly projecting flanges substantially normal to the central portion secured directly to said posts, respectively, said plate having triangular' gusset portions at each corner thereof in the plane of the marginal portions, said gusset portions being secured to said posts, respectively.

4i. A wall for a railway car comprising an up per horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal frame member, spaced apart posts extending between and secured to said frame members, and a wall plate having marginal portions secured to said frame members, respectively, and a central portion in a plane spaced apart from said marginal portions provided with inwardly projecting flanges substantially normal to the central portion secured directly to said posts, re-

spectively, said plate provided with sloping portions extending from the central portion and merging into the marginal portions adjacent the frame members, said plate having triangular gusset portions at each corner thereof in the plane of the marginal portions, said gusset portions being secured to said posts, respectively.

`5. A wall for a railway car comprising an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal frame member, spaced apart posts extending between and secured to said frame members, each of` said posts comprising base flanges and a stem extending away from the interior of the car, and a wall plate having marginal portions secured to said frame members, respectively, and a central portion in a plane spaced apart from said marginal portions provided with inwardly projecting Iianges substantially normal to the central portion secured directly to said stems, respectively, said plate having triangular gusset portions at each corner thereof in the plane of the marginal portions, said gusset portions being secured to said base ilanges, respectively.

6. A wall panel for a railway car comprising end marginal portions, a central portion in a plane spaced apart from and substantially parallel to said end marginal portions and intermediate portions connecting the central portion and the marginal portions, each decreasing in width toward the adjacent end of the plate, the sides of said central portion being formed with right angle ilanges, the ends or" said flanges being deflected inwardly to formthe sides of the intermediate portions and merging into the adjacent marginal portions coincident with the intermediate portions to form gusset portions in the plane of the marginal portions.

7. A wall panel for a railway car comprising end marginal portions, a central portion in a plane spaced apart from and substantially parn allel to said end `marginal portions and intermediate portions connecting the central portion and the marginal portions, each decreasing in Width toward the adjacent end of the plate, the sides of said central portion being formed with right angle iianges, the ends of said iianges being deflected inwardlygto form the sides of the intermediate portions and merging into the adjacent marginal portions coincident with the intermediate portions to form gusset portions in the plane of the marginal portions, the edges of said ilanges being in the same plane as said marginal portions.

ARTHUR E. SMALL. 

